Goats Playtext
by Liwaa Yazji, Katharine Halls
In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda.Ā
As coffins pile up, a local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat for each son martyred.Ā
Goats is a major new work by Syrian playwright and documentary film-maker Liwaa Yazj, translated by Katharine Halls.Ā
Developed as part of the Royal Court International Departmentās long-term project with writers from Syria and Lebanon, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, on 24 November 2017, in a production directed by Hamish Pirie.
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by Liwaa Yazji, Katharine Halls
In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda.Ā
As coffins pile up, a local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat for each son martyred.Ā
Goats is a major new work by Syrian playwright and documentary film-maker Liwaa Yazj, translated by Katharine Halls.Ā
Developed as part of the Royal Court International Departmentās long-term project with writers from Syria and Lebanon, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, on 24 November 2017, in a production directed by Hamish Pirie.
